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Several years ago i bought this .50 caliber Navy Arms Hawken rifle. Bore was pristine but had fast conical twist. Never got decent accuracy from that rifle. Early last month i sent the barrel to Mr. Bobby Hoyt to be bored and rifled to .54 caliber. The twist rate is one turn in 56 inches with rounded groove rifling. The barrel recently came back and today i sighted the rifle in at 50 yards. Yep, dry balled the first round. Pulled the nipple and dribbled powder into the flame channel, re-installed the nipple, capped and fired. The ball struck the the upper right corner of the cardboard.
Fired a two rounds that were all over the place: Made a sight adjustment Opened a new can of Black MZ powder and fired one round, marked it and fired three more rounds. All four balls clustered in a nice group. The .22 caliber holes are old.
The .22 caliber holes are old.
Fired a two rounds that were all over the place: Made a sight adjustment Opened a new can of Black MZ powder and fired one round, marked it and fired three more rounds. All four balls clustered in a nice group. The .22 caliber holes are old.
The .22 caliber holes are old.